Cue-tip.



F. ZIEMER.

CUE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. 1916.

Pathted May Attorneys UNTTED @TATE3 PATENT FFIQE.

FREDBICK ZIEIVIER, 0F FBEEPORT, NEW YORK.

CUE-TIP.

Application filed November 24, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIGK ZIEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freeport, Long Island, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have in vented a new and useful Cue-Tip, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide novel means for assembling a tip with a billiard cue, and, specifically, the invention aims to provide a cue tip having a neck of novel form adapted to cooperate with a cap which is secured upon the cue either directly or indirectly.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

IVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the 00111- bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section, one form of the invention, a cue appearing in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section wherein a modified form of the invention is shown;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section wherein a further modification appears; and

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the cue tip which may be used in any of the forms shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings there appears a billiard cue 1 on which a ferrule 2 is held by means of a screw 3 or otherwise. The ferrule 2 is set into the cue 1 so that the outer face of the ferrule is flush with the outer face of the cue. The ferrule 2 has a flange 1 bearing against the end of the cue 1, the flange 4: terminating in a tubular extension 5. A cap 7 is threaded onto the extension 5. The outer face of the cap 7 is flush with the outer face of the ferrule 2. The cap 7 has a flange 8 which overhangs the end of the extension 5. The numeral 9 indicates a one tip made of any substance ordinarily employed in the manufacture of articles of this kind. The tip Specification of Letters Patent.

liatented May 8, 1917.

Serial No. 133,213.

9 has a hollow tubular neck 10 which may be compressed as shown at 11, so that the neck may be extended through the opening 12 defined by the flange 8 in the cap 7 The neck 10 of the one tip is laterally extended as shown at 1 1, and is bound between the flange 8 on the one hand and the end of the one 1 and the end of the extension. 5 on the other hand when the cap 7 is threaded onto the tubular extension 5.

In Fig. 2 there is shown a cue 15 on which is mounted a ferrule 16 having an outwardly projecting rib 17. A cap 18 is threaded onto the ferrule 16 beyond the rib 17 and has an inwardly projecting flange 15). A tip is shown at 20 and is equipped with a compressible neck 21 of the kind hereinbefore described, the neck extending through the opening defined by the flange 19, and being bound between the flange 19 on the one hand, and the parts 15 and 16 on the other hand when the cap 18 is threaded onto the ferrule 16.

In Fig. 3 there is shown a one 23 to which is secured a ferrule 24: having a flange 25 spaced from the end of the one. The tip is shown at 26 and has a neck 27 of the kind hereinbefore described. The neck 27 is expanded as shown at 28 and is bound between the flange 25 and the end of the one 23.

In Fig. 1, a damaged tip may be replaced by a new one by threading the cap 7 off of the extension 5 of the ferrule 2. In Fig. 2. the tip may be replaced by threading the cap 18 off of the ferrule 16. In Fig. 3, the ferrule 24 must be removed from the one 23 when the tip is renewed, but in Fig. 2, the ferrule 16, and in Fig. 1 the ferrule 2, need not be removed from the cues in order to change the tip.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, the ferrule 24 corresponds to the cap 18 and to the cap 7. The expanded neck of the one tip is bound against a fixed member in all forms of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a cap having an inwardly projecting flange defining an opening; a one tip abutting against the outer face of the flange and including a rearwardly extended hollow tubular neck of less diameter than the tip, the neck being compressible to permit its insertion through the opening, the neck being expanded outwardly in a direction substantially at right angles to the axis of the cap to lie against the inner face of the flange; and a relatively fixed member \vherewith the cap is detachably assembled, the neck being bound between the inner face of the flange and said member.

2. In a device of the class described, a cue; a ferrule on the cue and having an external shoulder, the end of the ferrule being flush With the end of the cue; a cap threaded onto the ferrule and having a flange overhanging said end of the ferrule and the end of the cue, the flange defining an opening in the end of the cap; a tip abutting against the outer face of the flange and having a neck extended through the opening and extended outwardly, the outwardly extended portion of the neck being bound by the flange against the end of the cue and against the end of the ferrule the cap abutting against the shoulder to pre vent an undue compression of the periphery of the neck.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FREDRICK ZIEMER.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. HINnICHs, CHARLES EPILE.

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